Motorized Shade Bracket Contacts for Concealed Wiring
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of motorized roller shades is challenging due to the difficulty in concealing power and data cables, which can cause noise, tangling, and electrical hazards, and requires extensive effort and cost to hide, with maintenance involving time-consuming disconnection and reconnection of wiring.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a roller tube with a motor and shade material, a motor head with locking tabs and contact pins, and an installation bracket with guiding channels and contact pads, allowing for quick and easy detachment and concealment of power and data cables, ensuring secure and aesthetic installation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If wires are hidden on top of the roller or behind it, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but installation time and effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the wiring integration into separate functional components: the roller assembly with integrated wire management features, the window frame with mounting brackets, and the shade material with embedded channels. This segmentation allows each component to be prepared independently and assembled quickly, achieving aesthetic wire concealment without excessive installation time
Solution Approach 2:
The wiring system employs nested structures where wires are concealed within the roller tube hollow space, then routed through channels in the shade material, and finally integrated into mounting brackets on the window frame. This multi-level nesting achieves complete wire concealment while maintaining a systematic assembly process that limits installation time
2Shape
If wires are concealed during installation, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but maintenance difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs dynamic, reversible connection mechanisms between components. The mounting brackets use snap-fit or tool-free attachment methods that allow the roller assembly to be quickly removed and reattached. Wire channels in the shade material are designed to accommodate wire movement during assembly and disassembly, enabling easy maintenance while maintaining aesthetic concealment
Solution Approach 2:
The wiring system is extracted as a separate, accessible component rather than being permanently embedded. Wires are routed through accessible channels that allow them to be removed from the roller assembly during maintenance without damaging the aesthetic appearance of the installed system. The mounting interface is designed to be disassembled without affecting the concealed wire routing
3Ease of manufacture
If wires are not dressed properly, then installation simplicity is improved, but harmful effects increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates preliminary wire management features during manufacturing: the roller tube is pre-configured with internal channels and routing paths, the shade material includes embedded wire channels during fabrication, and mounting brackets are pre-assembled with wire guides. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex wire dressing during installation while preventing noise and tangling through built-in routing structures
4Shape
If wires are hidden during installation, then aesthetic appearance is improved, but wire damage risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs flexible protective channels and conduits made of durable, flexible material that protect wires as they are routed through the roller assembly and shade material. These flexible protective pathways maintain wire integrity while allowing the wires to be concealed within the aesthetic structure of the roller shade system
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AI summary
A shade assembly comprising a roller tube, a shade material connected at its one end to the roller tube, and a motor disposed inside the roller tube and adapted to rotate the roller tube to roll and unroll the shade material onto and from the roller tube while the motor remains stationary. The shade assembly further comprises a motor head disposed at a terminal end of the roller tube, the motor head comprises a substantially disc shaped motor head locking member having at least one locking tab extending from a side surface thereof and at least one contact pin extending from a terminal end thereof. The shade assembly further comprises a first installation bracket adapted to be secured to an architectural structure and comprising a substantially disc shaped installation bracket locking member comprising at least one locking arm and at least one contact pad. The motor head locking member is adapted to removably attach to the installation bracket locking member by aligning the locking tab of the motor head locking member adjacent to the locking arm of the installation bracket locking member and rotating the roller tube until the locking tab is locked by the at least one locking arm and the contact pin comes into electrical contact with the at least one contact pad.